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  1. 1Who resigned over the sacrifice of Czechoslovakia?Alfred Duff Cooper.
  2. 2When did government spending on war preparations increase? From what to what?October 1938. From £1.5billion to £2.1billion.
  3. 3When was Kristallnacht?9 November 1938.
  4. 4Who did Chamberlain not trust and therefore not want to form an alliance with? Did he prefer communism or fascism?Stalin and the Soviet Union. Fascism.
  5. 5When did Britain declare war on Germany?3rd September 1939.
  6. 6When did Hitler invade Poland?1st September 1939.
  7. 7When was Guilty Men written, and under what pseudonym? Who really wrote it?1940, Cato. Written by Michael Foot, Frank Owen and Peter Howard.
  8. 8What was the Cliveden set? Who was part of it?Upper class group of prominent political individuals who were said to support pro-Nazi sentiments. Lady Astor, Lord Lothian, Lord Halifax, Geoffrey Dawson, Robert Brand, William Montagu.
  9. 9When and where was Chamberlain's first meeting with Hitler?Berchtesgaden, 15th September 1938.
  10. 10When and where was Chamberlain's second meeting with Hitler?Godesburg, 22nd September 1938.
  11. 11When did Churchill write The Gathering Storm?1948
  12. 12Why did Stalin agree to a Nazi-Soviet pact with Hitler?He felt distain at the way Britain and France had been unethusiastic about signing a treaty with him.
  13. 13When was the Peace Ballot Campaign?1934-5.
  14. 14Who wrote 'The Origins of the Second World War', and when? What was his claim?A.J.P Taylor, 1961. Believed Chamberlain should have carried on with appeasement.
  15. 15When was the Public Record Act? What was it?1967. Decreased the wait for official documents to become available from 50 years to 30 years.
  16. 16Who influenced Chamberlain's policy of appeasement?Stanley Baldwin.
  17. 17Who initiated the Peace Pledge Union, and when?Rev. Dick Sheppard, 1935.
  18. 18When was the Peace Ballot? Which group organised it? How many Britons were in favour of the League?1934-5, League of Nations Union. 11.5 million.
  19. 19Who created a new form of Gallup in Britain, and in what year? What was its new name?Dr Henry Durant, 1937. British Institute of Public Opinion.
  20. 20What did BIPOs poll in June 1938 reveal?That 72% of the British public believed Britain would be drawn into a future European war.
  21. 21What did BIPO's October 1938 poll reveal?That 51% of people were satisfied with Chamberlain as PM, and 39% were not.
  22. 22Who was Geoffrey Dawson?editor of The Times.
  23. 23Who represented the Conservatives in the Oxford City by-election on 27th October 1938?Quintin Hogg
  24. 24Which by-election was the Duchess of Atholl an Independent for? Was she pro or anti appeasement? Did she win?Kinross and West-Perthshire, anti-appeasement. No.
  25. 25Which two men ran in the Bridgwater by-election, and who won?Heathcote-Amery (Conservative) and Bartlett (Independent Progressive). Bartlett won despite Bridgwater being a Conservative majority.
  26. 26Which report looked into the British press? When, and why?The Political and Economic Planning report (PEP), in 1938. The British press was seen to be losing its freedom.
  27. 27Which was the only newspaper which had no contact with the government?The Reynolds News
  28. 28Which British newspaper editor told Lord Halifax he would do anything he could to help their cause? When? What papers was he in charge of?Lord Halifax, November 1938. Daily Express, Sunday Express, Evening Standard.
  29. 29Who portrayed Chamberlain as 'Sno-use' in a cartoon in the Evening Standard? When?David Low, 24 December 1938.
  30. 30Who was Samuel Hoare? Was he pro- or anti- appeasement?Home Secretary for the Conservatives 1937-39. Pro-appeasement.
  31. 31Who was Alfred Duff Cooper? Was he pro- or anti-appeasement?First Lord of the Admiralty, anti-appeasement.
  32. 32What does Keith Middlemas say about Chamberlain?Commends him for accepting the diminished place of Britain.
  33. 33What does Richard Overy say about appeasement?There was no other alternative - revisionist approach. (popularised after the 1960s).
  34. 34What did R.A.C. Parker say about appeasers? What year?They fundamentally misunderstood the nature of fascist dictators like Hitler and their aims of expansionism. 1993. - counter revisionary.
  35. 35What did Brian McKercher say about appeasement?Flits from first applauding Chamberlain to then saying his policies were disastrous.
  36. 36What position did Chamberlain have in the cabinet before 1937? What can he thus be blamed for?Chancellor of the Exchequer. The lack of rearmament and therefore the need to appease Hitler.
  37. 37Was the PPU in favour or against the League of Nations? Why?It was seen as immoral and impractical - collective security hinted at another war and sanctions affect the poor rather than the rich.
  38. 38What was the PPU accused of in the year 1939?Displaying pro-Nazi propaganda.
  39. 39What was the PPU's newspaper called?The Peace News
  40. 40How many men replied to Shepard's 1934 letter to the editor? What were they agreeing with?Over 80,000 in the first 12 months. They wouldn't fight another war.
  41. 41What happened in November 1937 regarding the press?Lord Halifax visited Germany, where Goebbels told him they weren't happy with how they were being portrayed in the British media. Halifax promised he would do all he could to change this.
  42. 42Who was Sir Neville Henderson? Was he pro- or anti-appeasement?British ambassador in Berlin.
  43. 43When did Anthony Eden resign?Feb 1938.

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